wiring av switch help

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

Ari,

I honestly don't know. I don't know how the hasbro boards work. He could try it, but it's only 99 cents for a 5 pack of resistors from Radio Shack vs. $16.00 for a new AV switch with a working LED.

[jin starkiller]

very true ill try it and let u know how i faired out

[cannibal869]

I am not sure if he needs one with this setup.Isn't the positive led from the board already restored for 20ma?

I believe Ari is correct on this one. If you have a multimeter, it would be very easy to just double check. BTW, the way this is currently wired up, the LED in the switch will also flicker along with the rest of the saber when it is struck.

[jin starkiller]

got my wiring correct now ....wired pos and neg from switch to board ....flickers when struck ...very cool ...

[jin starkiller]

ok other question since we are talkin about av switches here ....if have a latching switch with no sound board how do you turn the switch led off when you turn the switch off

[equinox13]

the AV switches are DPDT - do you have anything wired to the second poles? you could wire the LED through that so that it turns off when the switch is off.

[Ari-Jaq Xulden]

For that set up it is easier to just run the same wires for the main led and just resistor the negative to the switch led. As described here. You can also replace the buck with a resistor for the direct drive.

*puts away spoon*